Equality

(asked on 2nd February 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to tackle inequality within areas as part of the Levelling Up agenda.


Answered by
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Neil O'Brien
This question was answered on 10th February 2022

As the Levelling Up White Paper acknowledges, there are disparities both between and within regions, across economic, social and environmental measures. There is variation between and within large and small cities, as well as towns and rural places. The Government’s central focus is to reverse this unfairness, spreading opportunity more equally and bringing left behind communities up to the level of more prosperous areas.

The missions set out in the White Paper - on which the Government will have a statutory obligation to report annually - explicitly aim to raise the bar across all parts of the country, at the neighbourhood level as well as at the city or county level. In particular, the Government’s emphasis on improving skills, housing quality and digital and physical connectivity, and on supporting community-led initiatives to bolster pride in place and life chances, will help more people to flourish in every part of every area in the UK.

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